The passing of the seasons

It is the time of year when I pick up the latest Best American Poetry and Victoria Secret discontinues my bra and replaces it with a push up. Normally, I have to wait several months for Heidi Klum to design a new supportive and sexy bra for already busty women, but this time I have anticipated them and stocked up during the "we don't make these anymore" sale so that I have enough to last through a three-year nuclear winter if necessary. I am not immune to lessons from history.